Playoff is set: Here's how the four lineups compared as recruits

The College Football Playoff is set, and now we all have to wait until New Year’s Day for the Sugar Bowl and Rose Bowl. Here is a look at how the projected starting lineups in each of the semifinal games compared as recruits.

Sugar Bowl: No. 1 Clemson vs. No. 4 Alabama

	CLEMSON		ALABAMA

Five-stars	5	Dexter Lawrence Tre' Lamar Deon Cain Christian Wilkins Ray-Ray McCloud	9	Da'Shawn Hand Damien Harris Calvin Ridley Rashaan Evans Da'Ron Payne Jonah Williams Minkah Fitzpatrick Dylan Moses Isaiah Buggs
Rivals100 prospects (Total includes all the five-stars above, except Isaiah Buggs, a junior college prospect)	6	Mitch Hyatt	11	Hootie Jones Robert Foster Lester Cotton
Rivals250 prospects (Total includes all of the five-stars and Rivals100 prospects above, except Buggs)	14	Tavien Feaster Dorian O'Daniel Trayvon Mullen Clelin Ferrell Austin Bryant Sean Pollard Tyrone Crowder Milan Richard	16	Cam Sims Ronnie Harrison Anfernee Jennings J.C. Hassenauer Jalen Hurts
Four-stars	10	Mitch Hyatt Tavien Feaster Dorian O'Daniel Trayvon Mullen Clelin Ferrell Austin Bryant Sean Pollard Tyrone Crowder Milan Richard Kelly Bryant	9	Hootie Jones Robert Foster Lester Cotton Cam Sims Ronnie Harrison Anfernee Jennings J.C. Hassenauer Jalen Hurts Bradley Bozeman
Three-stars	5	Justin Falcinelli Tanner Muse Van Smith Taylor Hearn Kendall Joseph	3	Hale Hentges Matt Womack Anthony Averett
Two-stars	2	Ryan Carter Hunter Renfrow	N/A	N/A
Unranked	N/A	N/A	1	Levi Wallace

Rose Bowl: No. 2 Oklahoma vs. No. 3 Georgia

	OKLAHOMA		GEORGIA

Five-stars	1	Caleb Kelly	1	Jake Fromm
Rivals100 prospects (Total includes the five-stars above)	4	Steven Parker CeeDee Lamb Mykel Jones	7	Nick Chubb Lorenzo Carter Natrez Patrick Roquan Smith Jeb Blazevich Andrew Thomas
Rivals250 prospects (Total includes all of the five-stars and Rivals100 prospects above)	9	Amani Bledsoe D.J. Ward Rodney Anderson Mark Andrews Marquise Overton	11	Isaiah Wynn Elijah Holyfield Ben Cleveland Kendall Baker
Four-stars	12	Steven Parker CeeDee Lamb Mykel Jones Amani Bledsoe D.J. Ward Rodney Anderson Mark Andrews Marquise Overton Dru Samia Bobby Evans Kenneth Murray Marquise Brown	13	Nick Chubb Lorenzo Carter Natrez Patrick Roquan Smith Jeb Blazevich Andrew Thomas Isaiah Wynn Elijah Holyfield Ben Cleveland Kendall Baker Trey Blount Tyler Clark John Atkins
Three-stars	8	Orlando Brown Ogbonnia Okoronkwo William Johnson Ben Powers Dimitri Flowers Baker Mayfield Parnell Motley Tre Norwood	6	Jayson Stanley David Marshall Davin Bellamy Lamont Gaillard Dominick Sanders Deandre Baker
Two-stars	1	Emmanuel Beal	1	J.R. Reed
Unranked	1	Erick Wren	1	Aaron Davis

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